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1066 and All That (1966) 958
14 Days on Trial (?) 1816
1918: Samoa & the Talune - Ship of Death (2018 719
1951 (2001) 681
20 Dollar Challenge, the (2000-2001) 722
2050, What If? (2002) 758
25 Years (1985) 1779
A Capital Move (196?) 948
A Cat Among the Pigeons (1992) 720
A Certain Madness (1972) 192
A Christmas Album (1963 or 65?) 542
A Christmas Garland I1980) 108
A Far Cry (196?) 1107
A Flying Visit (2002-03) 2422
A Good Joke - Goldie (1986) 681
A Good Way to Die (2009) 734
A Place Like Kingslea (1979) 211
A Portrait of Katherine Mansfield (1988) 196
A Southern Christmas (1973) 117
A Stranger in Our Midst (1967) 912
A Tall Long Faced Tale (2008) 856
A Way of Looking (1979) 165
Access (1977-78) 765
Accident and Emergency - Friday Night (1985) 670
Adventure World of Sir Edmund Hillary, the (1974, 77) 867
Against the Odds (1995) 2255
Ake Ake Ake (2022) 691
All for the Gold (1973) 877
American Highway (2002-2002) 1569
An Angel Slightly Battered (1967) 958
An Island Calling (2008) 785
Anika Moa Unleashed (2018-2023) 637
Anybody’s Children (1973) 133
Aotearoa 250 (2019) 658
Arbour Day (1979) 186
Art Star and the Sudanese Twins, the (2009) 668
As a Grain of Mustard Seed (1964) 122
As the Twig is Bent (1965) 185
Astronomers' Universe, the (1978) 715
At His Majesty's Pleasure (1980) 99
At the Helm (2002-2002) 1474
Attitude (2005–present) 1691
Auckland International Airport Opening (1966) 156
Be Safe, Be Seen (1971) 121
Beautiful New Zealand (?) 605
Before the Mast (2000) 533
Beginner's Guide to ... (1983–1986) 1678
Berry Boys, the (2014) 231
Beside the Seaside (1975-77) 1111
Best in Show (2005) 1400
Beyond the Darklands (2008-12) 622
Billy T’s America’s Cup (1986) 223
Birth - a discussion (1977) 989
Birth - with Dr R.D. Laing (1977) 973
Black Singlet and M.B.E. (1970) 150
Blokes: The Kiwi Male Revealed (2002) 1499
Brother Number One (2011) 1034
Bungay On Crime (1995) 2790
Busted (2002-2003) 2458
Captain's Log (2001-2) 3110
Casketeers, the (2018) 715
Cave Creek - the Full Story of A National Tragedy (1998) 1073
Challenge (1976) 753
Chasing the Ghost 1028
Children of the Revolution (2007) 639
Cinema of Unease (1995) 991
Coast New Zealand (2015-2017) 651
Coasters (2013) 611
Colin McCahon - I AM (?) 1562
Colonial Houses of Christchurch (1962) 159
Come a Long Way (1979) 219
Contact (1980-?) 1799
Countdown to Zimbarbwe (1976) 590
Country Calendar (1966-Next Sunday) 6786
Crump (1999) 729
Dateline (2000-2001) 1446
Dave Dobbyn - One Night in Matatā (2005) 723
David Lomas Investigates (2020-?) 407
Deep Blue: A South Pacific Odyssey (1995) 738
Destination Disaster - the Sinking of The Mikhail Lermontov (2000) 1793
Director General, the (1970) 148
Distant Shore, the (1963) 903
Distorted Image, The (15/11/1964?) 137
DNZ (1997 - Now?) 1464
Dream in the Making (1977) 411
Dynamic Planet (2024) 257
E tū Kahikatea (2008 - ?) 575
Edge of Extinction, The (1976) 636
Encounter (30/6/1975-76) 1444
End of a Decade - The Sixties (1970) 158
End Product, the (1980) 115
Enduring Land, the (1990) 431
Epitaph (1996-2001) 4678
Escaping Utopia (2024) 420
ETV (1990-97) 1963
Explorers (2004) 618
Expo '88 (1988) 1941
Expressions of Sexuality (1985) 2029
Fallout (1962) 357
Fast Forward (198?-?) 1912
Fatal Game, the (1997) 3415
Fifty Years of New Zealand Television 6138
Fire and Fury (2022) 480
Five of Us, the (1998) 707
Flight of Fancy (1988) 675
Flyover to Wellington (1971) 125
Four in the Morning (1979) 224
Fred Ladd (1973) 100
Freda White: Born to it (1978) 825
Freyberg VC (1987) 1590
From Grey to Cardinal Red (1969) 1274
From the Ocean to The Sky (1979) 678
From the Zoo (?) 1466
Frontier of Dreams (2005) 2729
Funny As (2019) 853
Get It To Te Papa (2018) 222
Getting to Our Place - Te Papa - Behind Closed Doors (1999) 646
Ghosts (2001) 467
Give it a Whirl (2003, 06) 4199
God, Sreenu and Me (2000) 690
Godzone Two (1980) 128
Gone with The Windscreen (1986) 203
Green Chain, the (2011) 613
Haunting Douglas (2004) 636
Hayes On... (1978) 707
Hayes over Japan (1977) 610
He Matapihi (2004 - Now) 1372
He Raranga Korero (2004 - Now) 1417
He Tohunga Whakairo (2002) 693
Heartland (1992 - 96) 1849
Helping You to Help Your Child (1979) 200
Henderson to Hollywood (2006) 665
Henderson's Country (1976) 1016
Here and Now (1966) 1021
Here to Stay (2007 - ?) 1497
Hidden In The Numbers (2006) 641
Hidden Places (1977-79) 1293
Hillary: A View from The Top (1997) 745
House and The Flagstaff, the (196?) 1016
How the other half lives (2009) 788
Hum, the (1974) 109
Hunting Horns (1977) 730
I Am the River (2011) 649
I Confess (1968) 997
I Miss the ’orses (1963) 132
I Was There (2013) 894
I'd Rather Be Sailing (1976) 749
Ice (2007) 713
If Could Happen to You (1978) 700
Impressions (1973) 108
In the Shadow of King Lear (1996) 2375
Inside (1968) 838
Inside New Zealand (1991-Now) 2787
Inside New Zealand Encore (?) 1256
Interns (2004 - ?) 1304
Investigator, the (2008) 1466
Invisible Men, the (1969) 689
Iron Highway (1964) 281
Island of Spirits (1973) 104
Islands of the Gulf (1965) 1468
Issues for Parents (1969) 916
James Gang Rides Again, the (1990) 1551
Jean Batten - the Garbo of The Skies (1988) 817
Jesus: The Cold Case (2011) 712
Joe Brown H.S.O.E. (1974) 155
Johnstone's Journey (1978) 872
Journey across Latitude 45 South (1985) 828
Journeys in National Parks (1987) 810
Keeping Up With the Kaimanawas (2015) 958
Kia Ora Bonjour (?) 1291
Kiwi With a Dally Heart (1979) 304
Kiwis At War (?) 1390
Knowledge Breakfast, the (2002) 1258
Land of Birds, the (1979) 78
Landmarks (1981) 2060
Landscape (1968–1969) 1118
Last of the Godwits (1978) 696
Legacy (1987) 657
Let There Be Steam (1974) 159
Life Goes On (?) 1243
Lifting of the Makutu (2005) 755
Lion Man, the (2004 - 2008) 3386
Living in New Zealand (1970) 163
Longest Winter, the (1974) 1982
Looking at New Zealand (1967-70) 2128
Looking at Sydney (1969) 1085
Lookout (1980s) 1500
Lost Dinosaurs of New Zealand, the (2002) 867
Lost in Libya (2009) 936
Lost in the Garden of the World (8/12/1975) 871
Lost in Wonderland (2009) 669
Lost Landing (1979) 213
Love, Speed & Loss (2007) 883
Magic Kiwis (1990) 1642
Making Good Men (2017) 1272
Making New Zealand (2014-2019) 803
Making of Beyond Reasonable Doubt? (1980) 87
Mana Tangata (2004) 1335
Manu Rere (2004) 1237
Margaret Mahy's Rumbustifications (2011) 849
Marks of Mana (2019) 683
Massey University (1988-92?) 1326
Maui (1979) 200
McPhail and Gadsby On... (1980) 199
Mega disasters (2010) 733
Michael King - History Man (2004) 673
Millennium Moments (2000) 704
Million Dollar Tumour (2006) 603
Moa's Ark (1990) 669
Murder on The Blade? (2003) 820
Mururoa 1973 (1976) 719
Muster, the (2/11/1975) 709
My Year With Helen (2018) 571
Na Ratou, Mo Tatou: They Did It For Us (?) 683
National Treasures (2020-) 245
Network New Zealand (1984) 211
New Zealand 2000 (1989) 1579
New Zealand at War (1995) 1822
New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, the (1962) 133
New Zealand Now (1977-78?) 456
New Zealand Now (1978-?) 756
New Zealand Wars, the (1999) 2854
New Zealand Woman: Who is She?, The (1966) 1359
New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers (2005) 2304
New Zealanders, The (?) 1224
Nga Ahi Kaa (2004 - Now) 1223
Ngā Morehu - End of An Era (2000) 618
Nga Reo (2003) 1371
Nigel Latta (2014) 748
No Māori Allowed (2022) 499
No Mean Feat (2002) 658
Nordy Looks Back (1980) 96
North (2011) 658
Now that We're Here (1978) 714
Nuclear Comeback, The (2008) 755
NZ Wars, Stories of Wairau (2023) 612
NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana (2024) 205
NZ Wars: Stories of Waitara (2019) 828
NZ Wars: The Stories of Ruapekapeka (2017) 604
Nzsas: First Among Equals (2007) 566
Ocean Zoo (2004) 840
Off the Grid with Pio (2019) 622
Off the Rails - A Love Story (2005) 2854
Offerings To The God Of Speed (1973) 150
One In A Million (1974) 589
One in a Thousand (1964) 150
One Man's View (1975) 2081
One Pair of Eyes (1978) 867
One Turns 40 (2000) 1684
Open Door (1994 - now) 1538
Open House (1977) 539
Operation Disney (1979) 184
Our Big Blue Backyard (2020-23) 516
Our New Zealand (2003) 1302
Our People Our Century (2000) 628
Out of the Dark (1996) 733
Outward Bound (1978) 754
Pacific People (1979) 225
Paradise Revisited (1979) 192
Park Rangers (2002) 1146
Patrick Gower: On Weed (2019-20) 556
Pavlova Paradise Revisited (2002) 842
People and Places (1967) 919
People Like Us (1978-1983) 1587
Perfect Age, The (2006) 1720
Piha Rescue (2004) 1482
Politically Incorrect Guide to Grown Ups, the (2011) 691
Politically Incorrect Guide to Teenagers, the (2011) 807
Politically Incorrect Parenting Show, the (2011) 753
Pride and Joy (????) 1091
Prime Presents (?) 1190
Princess Te Puea (1977) 498
Production Line (1980-84) 73
Promise, the (2005) 719
Puhoi Centennial (1963) 547
Pyke for Lunch (1979) 161
Question Mark (1978) 1449
Radar Across The Pacific (2011) 714
Radar's Patch (2010) 748
Rangitoto (1988) 727
Real Middle Earth, the (2004) 663
Red Mole on the Road (1980) 107
Remand of Ivan Curry, the (1992) 1213
Remembering Sir Ed (2013) 510
Restaurant That Makes Mistakes, the (2023) 597
Revolution (1996) 776
Richard John Seddon - Premire (1973) 1141
Ruamata: It's More Than Hockey (2024) 241
S.A.R. for Short (1966) 854
Safety Zone (196?) 572
Sam Hunt: Purple Balloon and Other Stories (2011) 623
Scene (1979) 811
Sciascia (2001) 722
Science in New Zealand (1967) 887
Scrutiny (197?) 881
Search For Tomorrow (1971-72) 827
Secret New Zealand (2003 - ?) 1793
Sensing Murder (2006 - 2010) 1779
Serious Crash Unit (2004-08) 1460
Shaky Beginnings: The Shaping of New Zealand (2007) 247
Shelly Memorial Lectures (1967) 175
Shipwreck (2000) 526
Shoreline (1979) 204
Sir Edmund Hillary 1919 - 2008 768
Six Artists of New Zealand (1978) 764
Snotties (?) 2277
Some of My Friends Are... (2003 - Continuing) 1313
Songs from the Inside (2012-2015) 928
Sons and Daughters (1979 - 1987) 1472
Sounds and Shape of Praise, the (1973?) 862
South (2009) 693
SPCA Rescue (2011-now?) 626
Speakeasy (1975-?) 732
Standing in the Sunshine (1986) 1047
Stanley (1979) 210
Steriogram - White Trash to Rock Gods (?) 1435
Story of 700 Polish Children (1967) 1236
Street, the (1973) 1327
Survey (1971-75) 1858
Survival Test (1978-?) 1442
Survivors (1979) 189
Take a Ship (1966) 156
Taking Off (2004) 1363
Tales from Te Papa (2009) 316
Tales Of Time (2015-?) 630
Tall Trees and the Gold (1966) 1448
Tamaki Brothers In Hog Heaven, the (2002) 2045
Tangata Whenua (1974) 1601
Te Kaha O Te Waiata. The Power of Music (1988) 836
Te Matakite O Aotearoa: The Maori Land March (26/12/1975) 898
Te Rangitahi (1971) 136
Te Tau Whakamahara I a Tumatauenga (2006) 686
That the Word Now Stand Part... (1970) 165
The Infinite Sky (1962) 199
Then Again (1985-86) 697
These New Zealanders (1964) 1565
This Is Your Country (1967-68?) 884
This Is Your Life (1984-2001) 1699
Tihei Mauri Ora (1979) 165
Tiki and the Testament, The (1968) 970
Time of Our Lives, The (2007) 621
To Live in the City (1968) 844
Toanga (2006-?) 1851
Tomb of the Unknown Warrior (2004) 927
Tongues of Fire (1973) 109
Touch Act (2005) 1381
Toward Tomorrow (1978-80) 754
Towards 2000 (1967) 961
Towards the Past (1964) 178
Trent's Wildcat Adventures (?) 1732
Twice is Too Much (1977) 607
Uncharted With Sam Neill (2018) 792
Undercover (?) 1591
Unortho_docs, the (2018) 589
Unsolved (2002) 1327
Wahine Disaster, The (2008) 821
Waka Huia (1987-) 1835
Walkers, the (2021-2022) 486
Way We Are, The (1988-89) 1345
Way We Were, The (1995, 97) 1297
Wayne Anderson - Singer of Songs (2006-2009) 1878
Welcome To... (1978) 721
Whanau (2001, 2008, 2014...) 1557
Whare Māori (2011) 657
What Lies Beneath (2006) 3626
What's Your Verdict? (2005-06) 3078
When Bob Came (2022) 537
When the Cats Away (1987) 681
Where To Now? (1991) 1447
Why am I Me? (1978) 751
Why Am I?: The Science of Us (2016) 869
Wild About New Zealand (2000-2000) 1407
Wild South (1981-97) 2791
Woman (1977) 418
Women in Power - Indira Gandhi (1977) 775
World at Your Feet (1988) 373
Worshiping in the Hospital (1978) 751
Year that Was, the (1966) 226
Years Back, The (1973) 144
Young Country (1979-1980) 192
Zoo, the (1999-?) 2772

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